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Friday, September 8, 2017

New York TimesMark Kren, right, pulled storm shutters across the front of his restaurant in Jensen Beach, Fla., as Hurricane Irma advanced. Credit Jason Henry for The New York Times. MIAMI — As Hurricane Irma threatened to engulf virtually the entire state of …Homeless dragged off the streets ahead of IrmaNew York Post all 536 […]

New York TimesEric T. Schneiderman, New York’s attorney general, on Wednesday. He has opened an investigation into the large-scale data breach disclosed by Equifax on Thursday. Credit Drew Angerer/Getty Images. Equifax warehouses the most intimate details of …New York AG — among others — examining massive Equifax hackCBS NewsNew York attorney general launches investigation into […]

Business InsiderGoogle pushed back on a New York Times report Friday that showed a gender pay gap within the company based on data compiled by employees in a shared internal spreadsheet. The spreadsheet, which had been circulated within the company since 2015, … and more …read more Source:: New York City News By Google News

Las Vegas Jobs Activist Stanley Washington Update On Oakland Raiders NFL Stadium Just got off the phone with Stanley Washington. Mr. Washington is the communty activist who's led the effort to get jobs for African Americans and people of color who want to work on building the Oakland Raiders Las Vegas NFL Stadium. When last we talked before today, Mr. Washington intenselt expressed his displeasure with the Raiders seeming lack of interest in fullfiling the requirements of The Southen Nevada Tourism and Investment Act (SNTIA) for a community benefits plan. The original idea of the community benefits plan was to incorporate a $100 million job set-aside – but that was a verbal contract made between Sheldon Adelson's Las Vegas Sands Corporation and a group of minority contractors. A prelude to an affirmative vote for what became the SNTIA. Since then, and with Adelson's depature due to Raiders Owner Mark Davis and Raiders President Marc Badain's perceived atttempt a double-cross, the verbal contract has not been honored. And that's because, according to Washington, Badain told the minority contractors “that deal was with Adelson, not the Raiders.” In other words, $100 million investment as part of the community benefits plan, according to Mr. Washington. Since then Washington has held his planned Labor Day Rally for Jobs, but was disappointed with the turnout: only “just over 100 or so” people, he said. Washington expected around 1,000 to attend. He blames “divisions in Las Vegas” for the number of attendees, rather than family commitments on a holiday. But that number (and I think 100 people is pretty good, myself) did not deter his objective. “I got members of The Nation of Islam to come out, and that was good” he saud. “They were educated as to the problem and are now engaged.” The next step is the September 14th Las Vegas Stadium Authority Meeting, where Washington looks forward to the presentation of the long-awaited community benefits plan. As of this writing, that document is not part of the agenda for the meeting. Washington is in the process of securing a lawyer. If the community benefits plan does not include minority hiring goals and timetables, “We will have our alternative plan to present – and we'll go at it.” Stay tuned.
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Oakland Pours Water On Chance For Amazon HQ2 By Obsessing Over Housing Issue Amazon HQ2 will be somewhere, but to consider Oakland? Why not? Oakland has all of the basics Amazon could want, but it has one problem: poor self esteem. Oakland does not believe it can handle its affordable housing problem. That attitude is a far cry from the Oakland of the past. That Oakland knew how to use tax increment financing to solve its problems. 11 year ago, Oakland had double the affordable housing budget it has today. Oakland can't want others to want to be in it, if it has no confidence in its ability to improve itself.
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Washington PostNew York Giants kicker Josh Brown was suspended six additional games in connection with domestic violence allegations that surfaced last year. ESPN first reported the news on Friday morning, citing a text message from the NFL. “We reopened the …NFL suspends former Giants kicker Josh Brown for six more gamesESPN all 41 news articles […]

New York TimesCredit Keith Meyers/The New York Times. As of Wednesday, forecasters were still unsure where Irma might make landfall in Florida or how strong it will be when it does. But in almost any conceivable scenario, a hurricane today is likely to do more … and more …read more Source:: New York City News […]

ForbesWhatever your memories of summer 2017 may be, there’s a good chance they’re accompanied by a certain tune, the slow strumming of a guitar leading up to the protracted crooning of des-pa-cito and the undeniably catchy rhythm that follows. “Despacito … and more …read more Source:: New York City News By Google News

New York TimesCredit Jason Henry for The New York Times. On other islands, the reckoning was far more stark. On St. Martin, a part-French, part-Dutch possession where at least four people died as a result of the storm, aerial footage taken by the military showed … and more …read more Source:: New York City News […]

New York TimesGathering on a street in Mexico City after an earthquake struck off the coast of Mexico. Credit Claudia Daut/Reuters. MEXICO CITY — A powerful earthquake struck off the Pacific Coast of Mexico late Thursday, shaking buildings as far away as Mexico … and more …read more Source:: New York City News By Google […]

New York TimesSloane Stephens after her semifinal victory over Venus Williams. Credit Chang W. Lee/The New York Times. The all-American quartet was reduced to a duo on Thursday, as Sloane Stephens and Madison Keys advanced to an improbable United States Open … and more …read more Source:: New York City News By Google News